We are pleased to announce Hideki Kimura's solo exhibition at imura art gallery Kyoto. Hideki Kimura, born in Kyoto, 1948, works in Kyoto and lives in Shiga completed M.A of Kyoto City University of Arts, Major in oil painting and printmaking, 1974. Currently, teaches as a professor at Kyoto City University of Arts.

Hideki Kimura has developed his technic as a printmaker and led Japanese prints domain since 1970's, especially in Kansai area. The artist has had many important solo and group exhibitions in Japan and abroad since 1970's, including National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Cleveland Art Museum, Ohio U.S..
The works has been acquired as public collections by many museums in Japan and abroad, including National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Kyoto, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan and Victoria & Albert Museum, UK.
And the artist was awarded many prizes for his contribution to the developement of Japanese prints, including 'National Westminster Bank Prize' The 9th British International Print Biennale 1986, 'Medal Prize' The 11th International Print Biennale Krakow, Poland 1986, 'The 21th Kyoto art Culture Prize' Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank Foundation, 2008.

This is the fourth solo exhibition for the artist at imura art gallery Kyoto, since 2007. The artist will show about over 20 new works painted by acrylic on glass including a big work of 120*120cm, 16 works of 30*30cm etc.

Words from artist

"It is an experiment with the transparent support of painting...it means with the glass.
I think that it is disappearing, nothing...it is to say the transparency which is the finish point of the modern painting, its terminal point, infinite task at the same time...
I'm pursuing if I could see the other side of the transparency...creatively using the material(including acrylic) which is transparent, semi-transparent and opaque."

- Hideki KImura